Girls only. Japan's Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why'd they do that?
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Wii, PS3 See Hardware Sales Gains In Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]
![Wii, PS3 See Hardware Sales Gains In Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]](/images/news/47255_l.jpg)
The holidays were very good to Nintendo in Japan, with hardware sales big enough to translate to a second bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Eve. We're talking 380,000 game machines moved in a week.
Leading Nintendo's hardware charge was the Nintendo DSi. Sales were actually down, week to... Read more
Gundam Senjou no Kizuna Is PSP Bound [Japan]
![Gundam Senjou no Kizuna Is PSP Bound [Japan]](/images/news/47178_l.jpg)
Rumor confirmed! Japanese arcade title Gundam Senjou no Kizuna is getting a PSP version — minus the cockpit display complete with 180 degree screen.
Besides the obvious screen differences, the number of players per multi-play team has been halved. Instead of the 8 player vs. 8 player arcade set... Read more
White Knight Chronicles, Dissidia Reign Supreme In Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
![White Knight Chronicles, Dissidia Reign Supreme In Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]](/images/news/47108_l.jpg)
While the Nintendo DS and Wii typically dominate Japanese sales charts, this past week was all about PlayStation, with Level 5's White Knight Chronicles and Square Enix's Dissidia: Final Fantasy topping software sales overseas.
Media Create numbers put three days worth of White Knight Chronicles for... Read more
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![Last Year, Japanese Game Market Experienced Shrinkage [Japan]](/images/news/46902.jpg)
According to Famitsu's publisher Enterbrain, the Japanese game market is, like a frightened turtle, getting smaller compared to last year. But what was the biggest selling game hardware? Games?
The data...
The data...
![Japan's Best And Worst Sellers By Platform [Rumor]](/images/news/46892.jpg)
The best of the best! The best of the worst! Here's a look at the sales tallies for the biggest sellers (and not sellers) in Japan broken down by platform. Oh, the suspense.
Eds Note: This sales data appears...
Eds Note: This sales data appears...
!["We Are Sorry About The Lots of Boobs Set" [Maximum Risky]](/images/news/46486.jpg)
Pure postal embarrassment. Members of erotic game maker AKABEi SOFT2's fan club who ordered a set of boob-shaped mousepads got a surprised in the mailbox.
The brown box the ¥15,000 (US$166) set of...
The brown box the ¥15,000 (US$166) set of...
Dec 26 Dissidia Sales Shows Final Fantasy Has Still Got It [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
![Dissidia Sales Shows Final Fantasy Has Still Got It [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]](/images/news/46279.jpg)
Was there any doubt that Square Enix's latest Final Fantasy spin-off cash-in would do gangbuster business in Japan? If so, Dissidia Final Fantasy's debut on the Media Create sales charts should erase those...
![The Art and Rendering of Brutal Legend, Killzone 2 Coming to GDC [Gdc 09]](/images/news/47439.jpg)
The Brutal Art of Brutal Legend and rendering techniques of Killzone 2 will both be making an appearance at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco later this year.
Michiel van der Leeuw and Michal...
Michiel van der Leeuw and Michal...
![Playstation 3 Invades Yankee Stadium [Ces]](/images/news/47418.jpg)
Playstation 3s will be showing up in every suite of the new Yankee Stadium and in a gaming zone for non-rich folk, as part of a new agreement between the stadium and Sony Electronics.
The plan will bring...
The plan will bring...
![Fable II's Knothole Island DLC Hits Next Week [Fable II]](/images/news/47354.jpg)
Fable II's Knothole Island hits Xbox Live worldwide on Jan. 13 for $10 (800MP). And the expansion isn't coming without gifts. Even gamers who don't purchase it will get some freebies next week.
Knothole...
Knothole...
!["How Do I Change The Color Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?" [Maximum Risky]](/images/news/47340.jpg)
This is serious stuff. Very serious. An interoffice Namco conversation regarding changing panty colors for the Dreamcast version of SoulCalibur. No, really.
According to the individual who supplied these...
According to the individual who supplied these...
![Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together [Sony]](/images/news/47336.jpg)
Sony have two in-house racing developers. Evolution Studios, who do MotorStorm, and SCEE Liverpool, who do WipeOut. Seems a bit silly having two teams doing the one genre, doesn't it? Does to Sony.
In...
In...
![No Men Allowed (For A Long Time Now...) [Purikura]](/images/news/47332.jpg)
Girls only. Japan's Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why'd they do that?
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
![Sony Pictures Dates Ghostbusters Game [Sony]](/images/news/47317.jpg)
The release date for the Ghostbusters game has been announced by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in a Ghostbusters Blu-ray movie release — accidently announced, maybe! Doh.
A Sony Pictures pre...
A Sony Pictures pre...
![The Kinetics of Pinball [Pinball]](/images/news/47291.jpg)
The man behind such pinball greats as Fun House, the Addams Family and The Twilight Zone, Pat Lawlor, recently sat down with Gamasutra to discuss the history and design of pinball games.
The interview...
The interview...
Jan 7 EGM, RIP
If you're following the sale of 1up.com and the mass layoffs that ensued on Tuesday afternoon, you'll likely soon be reading a bunch of blog posts and goodbye letters from the dozens of displaced staff...